Spire Nursery and Infant School
Derby Road, Chesterfield, S40 2EU
180 pupils · 120% of 150 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Free school meals
- 54.3%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 4 July 2023, published 17 September 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.98 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 41 | 40 | 65 | 41 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 48 | 47 | 79 | 48 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 48 | 48 | 74 | 48 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 49 | 49 | 94 | 49 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 41 | 41 | 66 | 41 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 41 | 37 | 71 | 40 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 41 | 41 | 65 | 41 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 49 | 51 | 80 | 49 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Spire Junior School 0.5 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Walton Peak Flying High Academy 0.8 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Hasland Infant School 1 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School 1.4 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Hasland Junior School 1.5 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Hunloke Park Primary School 1.8 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.